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Scroll to the end for updates and audio of President Museveni’s speech and a video report from NTV. Uganda Talks, the blog of The Independent posted this on Twitter this morning: Uganda backs off anti-gay bill: Saying that it contradicts Uganda’s foreign policy, President Museveni announced t… http://bit.ly/8z2dZG. However, the link goes…
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This post will be a work in progress in that I am going to list organizations with connections to those in Uganda who are suporting the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. As I learn of various statements and positions of American Christian groups, I will post them, even if there are no particular ties to promoters of…
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I have yet to see an actual revision, Lively proclaimed his support for one on his website today, saying in a release dated Jan 10: A leading U.S. based pro-family NGO has today endorsed the Ugandan anti-homosexuality bill after it was revised to remove its unacceptable provisions and to add…
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Sadly, some in America defend Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009. A brief summary: I have already noted that Scott Lively is defending himself and the bill by saying it is a “step in the right direction.” A few are emerging to agree. Gary Demar runs an organization called American Vision and recently posted…
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I am behind on posting relevant news concerning the main characters in the Ugandan drama. Here is an audio clip, you need to hear if you want to put Scott Lively’s opposition to the Ugandan bill in perspective. Alan Colmes wondered how you could oppose the death penalty and call…
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Add another US evangelical group to the list expressing reservations about Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Well, at least they kind of do… From the group’s Facebook page: RON LUCE AND TEEN MANIA MINISTRIES desire to clarify any confusion surrounding the political happenings in Uganda that have come to view regarding the…
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This seems to be a promising development… Ndorwa West MP David Bahati’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill may be withdrawn from Parliament following pressure from the international community, a senior government official has said. The State Minister for Investments, Mr Aston Kajara, yesterday said the government was looking at the Bill with the…
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The New York Times this morning ran this Associated Press story on the Anti-Homosexuality Bill that did not make sense to me. Ugandan President Urges Softening of Anti-Gay Bill By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: January 7, 2010 Filed at 7:12 a.m. ET KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A provision that would…
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This comes from Dean Owens at World Vision: Statement by Rudo Kwaramba National Director, World Vision Uganda Regarding the Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 The legislation under consideration by the Ugandan Parliament, commonly referred to as the “Anti-Homosexuality Bill,” has the potential to stigmatize some individuals in communities targeted by World…
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Richard Cohen sent this letter today to his mailing list. January 5, 2010 Dear Ugandan Legislators, My name is Richard Cohen. I am a psychotherapist, former homosexual, and director of the International Healing Foundation in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. In March 2009, we sent a representative, Caleb…
